NBC4 Washington: "Friends of Slain Actor, Yoga Instructor Raise Money for Other TheaterProfessionals in Her Memory"

Friends of a D.C. actor and yoga instructor who went missing Christmas Day
-- and was later found beaten and strangled to death in her car -- have founded
a crowd-funding site in her memory, devoted to paying for health insurance for
other D.C. theater professionals.

Friends of Tricia McCauley said on their YouCaring site that Mccauley, who
was self-employed, was "often without health insurance."

McCauley eventually qualified for insurance under the Actor's Equity
Association union, but others may need help paying premiums. "The intent
is to have an ongoing endowment, not a one-time award," the site reads.

As of Friday afternoon, it had raised almost $25,000.

McCauley was reported missing after she didn't appear at a
friend's house for dinner on Sunday, then missed a flight the next day. The
search for her and her white Toyota Scion IQ lasted until early Tuesday
morning.